Re: Quick question about sound drivers (esp. snd_hda)

2011-03-12 Thread Chris Rees
On 12 March 2011 08:34, Bruce Cran wrote: > On Fri, 11 Mar 2011 15:29:44 -0500 > Brian Waters wrote: > >> It seems to me that under /dev, you can have the following >> sound-related device files: >> >> dspX >> dspX.Y >> (among others) >> >> I'm having some trouble getting my sound to work (Dell I

Re: Quick question about sound drivers (esp. snd_hda)

2011-03-12 Thread Bruce Cran
On Fri, 11 Mar 2011 15:29:44 -0500 Brian Waters wrote: > It seems to me that under /dev, you can have the following > sound-related device files: > > dspX > dspX.Y > (among others) > > I'm having some trouble getting my sound to work (Dell Inspiron > E1705/Inspiron 9400 with Sigmatel STAC9220 c

Re: Quick question about sound drivers (esp. snd_hda)

2011-03-11 Thread Bernt Hansson
2011-03-11 21:29, Brian Waters: It seems to me that under /dev, you can have the following sound-related device files: dspX dspX.Y (among others) I'm having some trouble getting my sound to work (Dell Inspiron E1705/Inspiron 9400 with Sigmatel STAC9220 codec). I've read the manpages for snd and

Re: Quick question about sound drivers (esp. snd_hda)

2011-03-11 Thread Erich Dollansky
Hi, On Saturday 12 March 2011 04:29:44 Brian Waters wrote: > It seems to me that under /dev, you can have the following > sound-related device files: > > dspX > dspX.Y > (among others) > this is what you see after your driver is loaded. You might have to tell an application which one to use. >

Re: Quick question about sound drivers (esp. snd_hda)

2011-03-11 Thread Brian Waters
Yeah, I have tried all the basic stuff. At this point, I've basically accepted that solving the problem on my machine is going to involve a whole bunch of technical stuff that I don't have the patience for - reading the HDA spec and the codec datasheet, reading the driver code, and making changes

Re: Quick question about sound drivers (esp. snd_hda)

2011-03-11 Thread Frank Shute
On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 03:29:44PM -0500, Brian Waters wrote: > > It seems to me that under /dev, you can have the following > sound-related device files: > > dspX > dspX.Y > (among others) > > I'm having some trouble getting my sound to work (Dell Inspiron > E1705/Inspiron 9400 with Sigmatel STA

Quick question about sound drivers (esp. snd_hda)

2011-03-11 Thread Brian Waters
It seems to me that under /dev, you can have the following sound-related device files: dspX dspX.Y (among others) I'm having some trouble getting my sound to work (Dell Inspiron E1705/Inspiron 9400 with Sigmatel STAC9220 codec). I've read the manpages for snd and snd_hda (which is the appropriate